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HB2885 • 2025

Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gerdes
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed without the Governor's signature

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-06-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  4. 2025-06-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  5. 2025-06-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  6. 2025-06-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  7. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    House adopts conference committee report

  8. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#4127

  9. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  11. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate adopts conference committee report

  12. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  13. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  14. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Conference committee report filed

  15. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  16. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House refuses to concur in Senate amendments

  17. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House requests conference committee

  18. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House appoints conferees

  19. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House refuses to concur-reported

  20. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House requests conference committee-reported

  21. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House appoints conferees-reported

  22. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate grants request for conference comm.

  23. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate appoints conferees

  24. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate grants request for conf comm-reported

  25. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  26. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments distributed

  27. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  28. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  29. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  30. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  32. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Johnson

  33. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  34. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

  36. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  38. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  40. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  41. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate passage as amended reported

  43. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  44. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  45. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  46. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  48. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  49. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  51. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  53. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  54. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  55. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  56. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#1042

  57. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  58. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  59. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  60. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  61. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  62. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  63. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#900

  64. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  65. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Transferred to Calendars Committee

  66. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  67. 2025-04-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  68. 2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  69. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  70. 2025-04-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  71. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  72. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  73. 2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  74. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  75. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  76. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  77. 2025-04-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  78. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  79. 2025-03-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures

  80. 2025-02-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2885 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 2885

AN ACT

relating to allowing the governing bodies of certain political

subdivisions to call for a local option election relating to the

sale of alcoholic beverages.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 501, Election Code, is

amended by adding Section 501.0211 to read as follows:

Sec.

501.0211.

ELECTION CALLED BY GOVERNING BODY OF

POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a)

This section applies only to:

(1) a county:

(A)

with a population of more than 70,000 and

less than 100,000;

(B)

that contains a portion of the Colorado

River; and

(C)

that is adjacent to a county with a

population of one million or more; and

(2) a municipality:

(A) with a population of 240,000 or more;

(B) that is located in two or more counties; and

(C)

that borders a man-made lake that has a

surface area of at least 20,000 acres.

(b)

The commissioners court of a county may, on the

commissioners court's own motion, order a local option election to

be held in the county or a justice precinct in the county to

determine whether the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of

the various types and alcoholic contents shall be legalized in the

county or the justice precinct.

(c)

The governing body of a municipality located in a county

described by Subsection (a)(1) may, by resolution, order a local

option election to be held in the municipality to determine whether

the sale of alcoholic beverages of one or more of the various types

and alcoholic contents shall be legalized in the municipality.

(d)

The governing body of a municipality described by

Subsection (a)(2) may, by resolution, order a local option election

to be held in the municipality to determine whether the sale of

mixed beverages, as described by Section 501.035(b)(8), shall be

legalized in the municipality.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2885 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 22, 2 present, not

voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to

H.B. No. 2885 on May 29, 2025, and requested the appointment of a

conference committee to consider the differences between the two

houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report

on H.B. No. 2885 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 101,

Nays 27, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2885 was passed by the Senate, with

amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays

3; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference

committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and

that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.

2885 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: __________________

Date

__________________

Governor